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The incredibly hardworking team at Elsevier Science, including Jonathan Bunkell, Ian Seager, Duncan Enright, David Burton, Rosanna Ramacciotti, Robert Fairbrother, Miguel Sanchez, Klaus Beran, Emma Wyatt, Chris Hossack, Krista Leppiko, Marcel Koppes, Judy Chappell, Radek Janousek, and Chris Reinders for making certain that our vision remains worldwide in scope. David Buckland, Marie Chieng, Lucy Chong, Leslie Lim,Audrey Gan, Pang Ai Hua, Joseph Chan, and Siti Zuraidah Ahmad of STP Distributors for the enthu- siasm with which they receive our books. David Scott,Tricia Wilden, Marilla Burgess,Annette Scott,Andrew Swaffer, Stephen O’Donoghue, Bec Lowe, Mark Langley, and Anyo Geddes of Woodslane for dis- tributing our books throughout Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Tonga,Solomon Islands, and the Cook Islands. v 335_PH_EXP_FM.qxd 10/11/05 5:11 PM Page vi 335_PH_EXP_FM.qxd 10/11/05 5:11 PM Page vii Author Lance James has been heavily involved with the information security community for the past 10 years. With over a decade of experience with pro- gramming, network security, reverse engineering, cryptography design & cryptanalysis, attacking protocols and a detailed expertise in information security, Lance provides consultation to numerous businesses ranging from small start-ups, govern- ments, both national and international, as well as Fortune 500’s and America’s top financial institu- tions. He has spent the last three years devising techniques to pre- vent, track, and detect phishing and online fraud. He is a lead scientist with Dachb0den Laboratories, a well-known Southern California “hacker” think-tank, creator of InvisibleNet, a prominent member of the local 2600 chapter, and the Chief Scientist with Secure Science Corporation, a security software company that is busy tracking over 53 phishing groups.As a regular speaker at numerous security conferences and being a consistent source of information by various news organizations, Lance James is recog- nized as a major asset in the information security community. vii 335_PH_EXP_FM.qxd 10/11/05 5:11 PM Page ix Foreword Contributor Joe Stewart (GGIH) As Senior Security Researcher with LURHQ, Joe researches unusual Internet activity to discover emerging threats, new attack techniques and the latest malicious code. Prior to this role, he was an Intrusion Analyst handling millions of security events for LURHQ clients while monitoring their corporate net- works from the Secure Operations Center. He is a SANS Global Information Assurance Certified Incident Handler (GCIH) and has been in the information secu- rity field for five years. He is a frequent commentator on security issues for leading media organizations such as The New York Times, MSNBC, Washington Post, and USA Today.Additionally, Joe has published numerous security research papers on Sobig, Migmaf, Sinit, Phatbot and other cyber-threats and attack techniques. ix 335_PH_EXP_FM.qxd 10/11/05 5:11 PM Page viii Technical Reviewer George Spillman currently is a Director for Acadine Informatics, president of the computer consulting group PixelBlip Digital Services and one of the principals behind ToorCon,the highly respected computer security conference that draws in and educates some of the best hackers and security experts from around the globe.As such, he travels well in hacker circles and takes great pleasure in poking and prodding the deep dark underbelly of the internet. George is a frequent guest on television news programs for his expertise and his ability to communicate complex computer security and identity theft issues to non-technical audiences. His consulting clients include representa- tives from both the Fortune 100 and the Fortune 100,000,000. In the past he has been lured away from consulting by large wheelbar- rows of stock options to serve as Director of IT for an international pharmaceutical R&D company, and would most likely do that again if the wheelbarrow was included to sweeten the deal. viii 335_PH_EXP_FM.qxd 10/11/05 5:11 PM Page x Author Acknowledgements I would like to take this page to say first and foremost, thank you to my amazing wife. Without her strength and support I would not be where I am today.Thanks for putting up with the @home Lance! I love you.Also, I would like to thank my two children for being themselves.You are truly my upgrades and even though you’re all so young, you have taught me many wonderful lessons in life to date.